Kyaikkhami

Kyaikkami
Country	Burma
Admin. division	Mon State
Population  (2005)
• Religions	Buddhism

Kyaikkami is a resort town in the Mon State of south-east Myanmar.

Formerly known as Amherst, named after William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, the then governor-general it is situated on a peninsula about 30 miles (48 km) south of the town of Moulmein.

History

It was originally a settlement of the Mon peoples, but modern Kyaikkami was founded by the British during the annexation of Tenasserim and Arakan states after the First Burmese War (1824–1826) .